St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-13
THE RAILWAY RoBBERlEs.
Yesterdays DeveIopments-Fi
the Criminals Places with New

Yesterdays DeveIOpments-Fil
the Criminals, Places with New
Men.
PITTsBURG, April 12.-The wholesale arrests
of the employees of the Panhandle railroad for
robbing freight trains continues to be the
principal topic of conversation among the
railroad men and citizens generally. Supt
Taylor's Office was besieged from early morn
ing by dozens of men who were in search of
employment. They docked to the depot so
fast that line eff them extended outside of
the office, waiting for their applications for
situatio S as freight conductors or brakemen
to be heard. Many of them were given en-
ployment. The road is now fully equipped,
and there is being no delay in the movement
of freight. No arrests have been reported
since last night. 1t IS thought the officials of
the road are satisfied with the work of the
detectives, and that more arrests will be made
in this city. Speaking of the probable con.
viction of the men now in jail, Special Agent
Rue said this morning that of the sixty men
now under arrest, there were not more than
one or possibly two of them who stood any
chance OF being shown not guilty. He said:
I'VE had our evidence so complete that we
didn't make an arrest until we had sufficient
proof to SHOW that the man. was guilty. We
expect to make eight or ten more arrests of
the men who worked the road successfully
for time and then for fear of detection took
total number of arrests to 6S or 7O''
Mr. Rue said the saddest case in connection
with the arrests was that of q man whose
child was dying. When the officers knocked
at the door of his house Sunday night he WAS
sitting with his wife by the bedside of
man of more than ordinary intel
llgence, and his home had an air of refine
ment about it. When the officers told him
they had warrant for his arrest he seemed
to realize at once the disgrace into which he
had fallen. and he broke down COMPLETELY.
The capture of j. r. Dunlap, at Dennson, O.,
yesterday, particularly pleased the detect
ives. AS stated last night he made a confess
sion in which he said that the stealing had
been
GOING ON FOR MONTHS.
He said be could give the names of all the
men implicated on the Pittsburg division of
the Panhandle, but was afraid to do so, HE
language TO the officers being: "I would givs
you the names. officers, but, great God, they
would kill me-" There was no organization
among the robbers, Dunlap said, and no reg
uar place of work. Each crew worked by
itself. 1t was common understanding that
every man should take all he could and dis
pose OF it to the best advantage. There were
a number of principals. ''that name being
applied to those who reaped the largest ben
etits from the robberies by giving the others
pointers as to what cars contained the most
warded by the less prominent thieves after
the plunder had been disposed of to the
fences" The fences, Dunlap said, were
located in New Philadelphia Denuison.
Stcubenville, Cincinnati and Pittsburg, and
also in Columbus. Notwithstanding Dun
laps confession, the officers of the road still
Lelieve that the plunderers were thoroughly
organized and were carrying on the rob
berries under systematic direction of snrewd
leaders. When new man entered the
the right kind of fellow, he was initiated to
the gang with rigid oath, binding him to
secrecy. After he had been initiated it was
easy enough to keep him in check II he began
to feel any pangs of conscience. 1t was
broadly hinted to them that
ANY WRONG MOVE
would result disastrously, as railroadng fur
nished first-class opportunities for putting
them out of the way. Young men from the
country who were just beginning to run on
the road were the easiest had. They could
soon be persuaded that there was nothing
wrong about stealing from the rich railroad